Fighting obesity: Utah 7th best in nation, kids are number 1
By Whitney Evans, Deseret News
"Although rates are leveling, adult obesity levels are still historically high. Currently, all states have levels higher than 20 percent; 41 states are at least 25 percent obese and 13 states have rates higher than 30 percent.
In 1980, no states had levels higher than 15 percent. In 1991, none were above 20 percent obese; in 2000, that level had reached 25 percent and in 2007 only one state, Mississippi, had obesity levels higher than 30 percent.
Utah has the lowest rate of childhood obesity, with 11.6 percent of obese 10- to 17-year-olds."
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